Lump in Testicle

[jam]

My son had his 8 months check and we have been referred to Kings as the GP said he had a lump in one of his testicles. I am not panicking or googling because google can be evil sometimes but does anyone have any experience about it? I am just putting it down to fatty tissue or something.

I presume the hospital will just have a feel and do a scan?

Thanks

Heidi

[buggie]

Having seen families bringing their little boys in with similar to paeds ED, think having a look and if needed a scan will be done - what they might do is try shining a pen torch at the lump to see if it's solid or fluid filled (alot of these turn out to be hydrocels - fluid filled harmless cysts).

Am sure your GP has advised you on signs to watch for, but if there appears to be sudden swelling/it looks red and is painful to touch then either return to GP or attend ED.

[jam]

Thanks for that Buggie and no my GP did not say much, he literally just said that I need to see someone at Kings to check the lump and that was it.

[linzkg]

Jam - my son had a lump on his arm for some time and we also panicked but it ended up being fatty tissue (they thought!) and told us we must let it be and it should disappear .. thankfully it did just that. ps, he was in ICU so we were with the specialists and they definitely said babies are born/develop all sorts of fatty tissues amongst other things and they did also say definitely don't panick but get it looked at so you can get some sleep.

Hopefully its all ok :-)